Creative video specialist Blake Phillips has published allegations through social media. 

In a bid to boldly go to scope out and nurture new talent as no network has done before, SCA has launched its own dedicated talent development unit to be known as Hubble.

The premium music video and entertainment platform Vevo, of which Southern Cross Austereo secured exclusive rights within Australia for its content and digital inventory in September 2016, has parted ways with SCA. 

The US content platform canceled its local licensing agreement in an apparent global rethink of its partnerships. 

Triple M Country will go live at midnight tonight, with Southern Cross Austereo launching its new digital radio station
 

Ally will manage the day-to-day operations of SCA’s Tasmanian assets.

These include Southern Cross Television operating from Launceston and Hobart, broadcasting the Seven Network channels and also the leading Hobart radio stations, 107.3 Triple M and Hit 100.9.

Ally has had a long career with SCA, starting in Albury in 2000, with stints in SA and regional Victoria and has performed a number of roles including Account Manager, Sales Manager and General Manager.

SCA has taken an equity stake in OVO Mobile and its digital broadcasting platform, OVOPlay.
 

The new arrangement is expected to focus on sports broadcast rights, with the telco known for acquiring broadcast rights to niche sports. 

Fairfax reports that the deal will see Triple M and the Hit Network available date-free to OVO Mobile customers on its OVOPlay platform. 

Southern Cross Media Group ​Limited has negotiated refinancing of its debt facility for a further three years. 

SCA's Hit Network and Triple M news and sports briefings are now available on Google Assistant and Google Home.  

After failing to come to an agreement with Oaktree Capital Management for MediaWorks’ radio assets, SCA has walked away from its New Zealand ambitions, according to reports in The AFR.

Comment from Peter Saxon